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<blockquote data-quote="Empirate" data-source="post: 5536653" data-attributes="member: 78958">Actually they did in many cases. You'll notice that Complete Arcane does provide reprints and reissues of Tome &amp; Blood classes, spells, feats etc. I'll give a short overview:Tome &amp; Blood, Song &amp; Silence, Masters of the Wild, Defenders of the Faith and Sword &amp; Fist have been mostly replaced by Complete Warrior, Adventurer, Divine, and Arcane. Some content has never been updated (notoriously, the Deepwood Sniper, Lasher, and Master of Chains PrCs) or nerfed into oblivion (like the Ninja of the Crescent Moon and Order of the Bow Initiate PrCs).Complete Mage, Scoundrel, and Champion each introduce completely new stuff, although it's presented in a similar manner as in the 'update' Completes. Among the new stuff introduced here are new and interesting mechanics (Reserve Feats, Skill Tricks, and Devotion Feats, respectively).Tome of Magic and Tome of Battle introduce completely new mechanics to apply to magic and melee, respectively. They also contain three new base classes each which use these mechanics. Using these mechanics can change the game's balance in a fundamental way.Sandstorm, Stormwrack, and Frostburn introduce lots of rules and content to do with extreme environments (deserts, oceans, and arctic), along with similarly themed feats, PrCs, spells etc.Those are the most important, aside from whichever campaign settings you're using. I'm not including Psionics, as I don't have the books.Basically, 3.5 began in July 2003, with the printing of PHB 3.5. Now you'll just have to check each book you own whether it's been printed before or after. If after, it's valid 3.5, if before, check in later stuff...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Empirate, post: 5536653, member: 78958"] Actually they did in many cases. You'll notice that Complete Arcane does provide reprints and reissues of Tome & Blood classes, spells, feats etc. I'll give a short overview: Tome & Blood, Song & Silence, Masters of the Wild, Defenders of the Faith and Sword & Fist have been [I]mostly [/I]replaced by Complete Warrior, Adventurer, Divine, and Arcane. Some content has never been updated (notoriously, the Deepwood Sniper, Lasher, and Master of Chains PrCs) or nerfed into oblivion (like the Ninja of the Crescent Moon and Order of the Bow Initiate PrCs). Complete Mage, Scoundrel, and Champion each introduce completely new stuff, although it's presented in a similar manner as in the 'update' Completes. Among the new stuff introduced here are new and interesting mechanics (Reserve Feats, Skill Tricks, and Devotion Feats, respectively). Tome of Magic and Tome of Battle introduce completely new mechanics to apply to magic and melee, respectively. They also contain three new base classes each which use these mechanics. Using these mechanics can change the game's balance in a fundamental way. Sandstorm, Stormwrack, and Frostburn introduce lots of rules and content to do with extreme environments (deserts, oceans, and arctic), along with similarly themed feats, PrCs, spells etc. Those are the most important, aside from whichever campaign settings you're using. I'm not including Psionics, as I don't have the books. Basically, 3.5 began in July 2003, with the printing of PHB 3.5. Now you'll just have to check each book you own whether it's been printed before or after. If after, it's valid 3.5, if before, check in later stuff... [/QUOTE]

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